Reports on Children and Youth

"Core Actions for Refugee Youth" Booklet

UNHCR and the WRC undertook the Global Refugee Youth Consultations (GRYC) to amplify youth “voices” in decisions that affect them and their communities. The GRYC included 1,482 young people who participated in 65 national or local consultations held in 23 countries between October 2015 and June 2016. The GRYC were the beginning of a process—a process that must continue to develop the leadership, capacity, and futures of refugee youth everywhere. Adoption and use of the seven Core Actions for Refugee Youth is the first step towards achieving this.

Background

Raising their voices, refugee youth came together and shared their priorities and possible solutions. This reference lays out the most common challenges refugee youth identified and the framework they developed to address those challenges.The Core Actions for Refugee Youth are an integrated framework that highlight how by working with them—as partners and as leaders—solutions can be advanced.